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Sean Roach
Back to facultyAssociate ProfessorPsychology, Department ofUniversity of New Brunswick
Research
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Latest papers
Anthropogenic noise impacts territorial defense in a non-urban songbird.
Behavioural processes · 2026 · senior author
Responses of Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) males to conspecific playback with typical and atypical syntactical patterns.
Behavioural processes · 2022 · senior author
2 publications.
01
Anthropogenic noise impacts territorial defense in a non-urban songbird.
Moore JL, Roach S
Behavioural processes2026Senior author
02
Responses of Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) males to conspecific playback with typical and atypical syntactical patterns.
Nesbitt M, Soosaar K, Roach S
Behavioural processes2022Senior author
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